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Symphony No.3
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Carson Cooman: Symphony No. 3, “Ave Maris Stella” (2005) for chamber orchestra, score only

Chamber Orchestra - Level 5 - Digital Download SKU: A0.533672 Composed by Carson Cooman. Contemporary,Sacred. Score and parts. 54 pages. Musik Fabrik Music Publishing #3037097. Published by Musik Fabrik Music Publishing (A0.533672). Symphony No. 3, â€œAve Maris Stellaâ€ (2005) was written for the Duquesne ContemporaryEnsemble and is dedicated to composer David Stock. Throughout his career, Stock has beena tireless and generous advocate on behalf of new music and living composers. This work isdedicated to him in tribute â€“ as both an important American composer and a significantcontributor to Americaâ€™s contemporary musical life.The workâ€™s basic source material is the plainchant Ave maris stella (â€œHail, star of the seaâ€) â€“appropriate because of Duquesneâ€™s standing and history as a Catholic university. When thecomposition of this work first began, the original plan was for a celebratory and vibrant piece.As the planning progressed, however, personal circumstances intervened and began to changethe workâ€™s tone â€“ becoming substantially bleaker and more obsessive.The title of the first movement, Pentimento, is defined as â€œan underlying image in a painting,as an earlier painting, that shows through when the top layer of paint has become transparentwith age.â€ The melodic and harmonic material for the movement is entirely drawn from theplainchant source, although it is completely transformed and covered up â€“ as in a pentimento.At various points, one can begin to hear the original plainchant â€œpeek outâ€ in subtle ways.The opening section of the movement obsesses again and again on what sounds like aâ€œbeginningâ€ â€“ as though it is trying to begin again and again. After a brief bassoon cadenza, afast and driving section starts, marked â€œsinister.â€ After driving through a series oftransformations on the plainchant material, a bridge passage leads to further attempts at theâ€œbeginningâ€ again. Finally, these attempts are given up, and the plainchant material (theunderlying layer) begins to show through quietly â€“ in preparation for the next movement.In the second movement, Interrupted Motet, the plainchant theme is used in a morestraightforward fashion. After the opening declamatory statements, the following sectionsmove between more free developmental techniques, based on the first movementâ€™stransformations, and â€œmotetâ€ sections â€“ using cantus firmus methods and textures fromRenaissance music. The tone and palate is, however, much darker and more obsessive.There is a brooding ponderousness to these contrapuntal developments. The final motetsection ends in a rageful shout, the plainchant material is presented again in full force, and thepent-up energy dissipates to the close.FluteOboeClarinet in BbBass Clarinet in BbBassoonHorn in F/BbTrumpet in CTrombonePercussion (1 player):tubular bells, vibraphone(Percussionist needs one rosined bow for vibraphone.)PianoViolin IViolin IIViolaCelloContrabass(single strings)ï»¿This is the score only. The complete parts and each seperate part are also available as seperate items.

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Symphony No. 3 For Horns And Strings

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Carson Cooman: Symphony No. 3, “Ave Maris Stella” (2005) for chamber orchestra, violin I part

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Carson Cooman: Symphony No. 3, “Ave Maris Stella” (2005) for chamber orchestra, piano part

Carson Cooman: Symphony No. 3, “Ave Maris Stella” (2005) for chamber orchestra, viola part

Carson Cooman: Symphony No. 3, “Ave Maris Stella” (2005) for chamber orchestra, oboe part